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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Technique for estimating that applies a weighted average of optimistic - pessimistic and most likely estimates when there is uncertainty with the individual activity estimates






2. Risk response planning technique for a threat that creates changes to the project management plan that are meant to either eliminate the risk or to protect the project objectives from its impact.






3. Communicating and working with stakeholders to meet their needs and address issues as they occur






4. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






5. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






6. Fixed date imposed on a schedule activity or schedule milestone. usually - start no earlier than - finish no later than






7. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






8. Collect project performance data with respect to a plan - produce performance measures and report and disseminate performance information






9. Expected cost needed to complete all the remaining work for a schedule activity - work breakdown structure component or project.






10. The time in calendar units between the actual start date of the schedule activity and either the data date of the project schedule if the schedule activity is in progress or the actual finish date if the schedule activity is complete






11. The earliest point in time on which the uncompleted portions of a schedule activity can start - based on the schedule network logic - the data date and any schedule constraints.






12. Deliverable or project work component at the lowest level of each branch of the work breakdown structure






13. Schedule activity that determines when the logical successor activity can begin or end






14. Centralized coordinated management of a program to achieve the program's strategic objectives and benefits






15. Term used in precedence diagramming method for a logical relationship in current usage. precedence relationship - logical relationship and dependency are interchangeably used






16. Defined systematic procedure employed by a human resource to perform an activity to produce a product or result or deliver a service that may employ one or more tools






17. Subdivision (fragment) of a project schedule network diagram - usually representing a subproject or work package.






18. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






19. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






20. Centralized management of one or more portfolios - which includes identifying - prioritizing - authorizing - managing and controlling projects - programs and related work - to achieve specific strategic business objectives






21. Formally documented change request that is submitted for approval to the integrated change control process






22. Directing - managing - performing and accomplishing the project work - providing the deliverables and providing work performance information






23. Work that must be performed to deliver a product - service or result with the specified features and functions






24. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






25. Point in time that work was scheduled to finish on a schedule activity. called planned finish date






26. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






27. Project schedule compression that changes network logic to overlap phases that would normally be done in sequence






28. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






29. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






30. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






31. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






32. Processes required to manage the timely completion of a project






33. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity






34. Risk that remains after risk responses have been implemented






35. Identifying early and late start dates as well as early and late finish dates for the uncompleted portions of project schedule activities






36. Defining how to conduct risk management activities for a project






37. An information gathering technique used as a way to reach a consensus of experts on a subject. experts on the subject participate in the technique anonymously. a facilitator uses a questionnaire to solicit ideas about the important project points rel






38. Project schedule network diagram drawn in such a way that the position and length of the schedule activity represents its duration. bar chart that includes schedule network logic






39. Graphic display of schedule related information.






40. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






41. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






42. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






43. Any unique and verifiable product - result - or capability to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process - phase or project.






44. Judgment provided based upon expertise in an application area - knowledge area - discipline - industry - etc. as appropriate for the activity being performed.






45. The date up to or through which the project's reporting system has provided actual status and accomplishments. also called as-of date and time-now date.






46. Defined function to be performed by a project team member






47. Improving the competencies - team interaction - and the overall team environment to enhance project performance






48. Estimate of the amount of work that has been completed on an activity or a work breakdown structure component






49. Requirements imposed by a government body. government mandated compliance






50. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status